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CLOTHES WRINGER,

No. 330,984. Patented Nav. 24.,v 1885. l

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JAMES LEONARD KIRBY, OF BOSTON, ASSIGNOR TO THE COLBY VVRINGER COMPANY,OF HIGHLANDVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLOTHES-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION fcrming part oi' Letters Patent No. 330,984, datedNovember 24:, 1885.

Application filed July 7, 1884. Serial No. 137.002.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JnMns LEONARD KIRBY, ofBoston, in the county ofSuffolk, ofthe Colnnionwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Clothes- Wringers; and I do hereby declare thesame to be described in the following specification and represented inthe accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is a top View, Fig. 2 anend elevation, and Fig. 3 a transverse section through the middle, of awringer provided with my invention, the nature of which is defined inthe claims hereinafter presented. Fig. 4 is a top view, and Fig. 5 anend elevation, of the actuator or arched shelf and its journals and twoeccentrics to each of such journals. Fig. 6 is an inner side view of oneof the end portions, A, of the frame, the jawed lever, and the lever forsupporting the lever of the squeeze-rollers, such View also representingthe bearing and one of the springs of the upper roller. Eig. 7 is alongitudinal section of the wringer, it being taken through theaxes ofthe two rollers.

My invention relates to the class of clotheswringers of which that shownand described in the United States Patent No. 158,369, dated January 5,1875, is a representative.

In my present wringer I have each ofthe two end portions, A, of itsframe provided with a stationary extension or jaw, a, projecting downfrom it, as represented, and there is in the upper part of each of suchend portions a niche, b, at the bottom of which is a bearing, c, forsupport of one of thejournals d of the upper squeeze-roller, B. Vithineach niche is a metallic saddle, e, that straddles and rests on thejournal d, and is socketed to receive and support a cylindrical rubberspring, f, inserted in it and encompassing a spindle, g, projectingupward from such saddle. The spindle extends above the spring andthrough and above a rnetallic washer, z', placed on top of the spring.The two end portions, A A, of the frame are at their upper partsconnected by an arched bar, D, extending into the two niches, andprovided with cylindrical tenons Z, to go into corresponding-shapedholes m in the crowns of the niches. ScrewsEhavingtubularshanksmarescrewed into and down through the arched bar D, and bear at their lowerends on the washers (Model.)

t of the springs, the spindles g, on which the springs are placed,entering within the bores of the said shanks. When the screws are turnedagainst the washers, the arched bar will be forced upward, so as to keepits tenons firmly in their sockets in the crowns of the niches, and thusit will be seen that the screws serve not only to contractthe springs,but with them, and the tenons of the arched bar, to hold such bar inclose connection with the end portions, A A, ofthe frame. Within eachofsuch end portions, A, and adapted to turn on a stationary fulcrum, n,projecting therefrom, are two levers, F and G, which cross each other,as represented. The tail of the lever G is a jaw disposed in rear of thestationary jaw a. The

journals o of the shaft H of the lower squeezej roller, C, are pivotedin the inner arms of the levers F, the shaft being extended through oneof the end portions, A, and provided with a crank, I, for revolving theroller. The actuator (shown at K) is a pivoted shelf provided at itsends with journals p, to project through and somewhat beyond the two endportions, A A, and to turn in bearings q therein. Pins r, goingdiametrically through such journals in the parts thereof projectingbeyond the end portions, A, serve, with the' actuator, as an auxiliaryconnection of the said parts A A. Between each journal and the nextadjacent end of the actuator are two eccentrics or cams, s t. Thosemarked s work against the upper arms oftwojawed levers, G, while thosemarked t operate against the tails of the levers F on the actuator beingturned from an upright down into a horizontal position, or about so.

From the above it will be seen that on the Wringer being placed on atubin the usual way, with the upper part thereof between the two sets ofjaws of the wringer, a person by turning the actuator downward willcause the eccentrics to move the fourlevers on their fulcra, so as notonly to clamp the wringer to the tub, and bring the actuator intoposition for use, but to force upward the lower of the squeezerollers.Each squeeze-roller is elastic radially, like such as usually employedin clotheswringers.

On turning the actuator upward the movable jaws will readily loosentheir hold on the tub, in order to admit of the wringer being IOO raisedout of connection therewith. At the same time the levers F will be freeto move on their fulcra in a manner to allow the lower squeeze-roller tomove downward away from the upper one.

I do not claim the combination of an actuator, two sets of j awedlevers, two springs, and roller-supporting levers, all arranged on apivotal shaft and applied to two squeeze-rollers, substantially asspecified, and represented, in the aforesaid United States Patent No.158,369, as I have in my wringer but one set of jawed levers, and withthem have stationary jaws eX- tending from the end portions of theframe.

When the actuator is up, the springs are relieved from strain; but whenthe actuator is I down the lower roller will be forced upward againstthe upper one, so as to cause its journals to bear upward against thesupportingsaddles of the springs. When down, the actuator will receivethe clothes as they may pass from the rollers, and prevent the saidclothes from falling into the tub.

In my wringer the actuator, with the pins going through its journals,answers as an additional connection for the end portions, A A, of theframe.

I herein make no claim to what is claimed by me in an application for apatent having the serial number 137,001, filed by me on July 3o 7, 1884.

I claim- 1. In the clothes-wringer, the combination of the arched bar D,having the tenons Z, with the frame end portions, A, provided with the35 spring-carryingnichcs, and having such tenons extended upward intothe crowns thereof, and also with the springs in the niches, and thescrews screwed through the arched bar and against the said springstherein, all being sub- '4o stantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the frame end portions, A, provided withstationary jaws a, with the two jawed levers and thelowerroller-supporting levers pivoted to such end portions, 45 and with theactuator journaled in such end portions and furnished with the foureccentrics, to operate with the aforesaid levers, all beingsubstantially as represented.

J AMES LEONARD KIRBY.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, E. B. PRATT.

